How to Install and Uninstall sextractor Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "sextractor" package

Learn how to install sextractor on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                sextractor
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sextractor" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall sextractor on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                sextractor
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sextractor package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: sextractor
Priority: extra
Section: universe/science
Installed-Size: 1157
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Astronomy Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.19.5+dfsg-4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libfftw3-single3, liblapack3 | liblapack.so.3
Filename: pool/universe/s/sextractor/sextractor_2.19.5+dfsg-4_amd64.deb
Size: 280420
MD5sum: 5af18baad2e08624037652d82faeef3f
SHA1: e4a9e7f499f74c13f16fa0acf16733ac73e296a1
SHA256: 82f1ae0a13b01409231d61e0a3bc1220b4b30e25786ee753b0fbb0a7b735d186
Description-en: Source extractor for astronomical images
Find sources, such as stars and galaxies, in astronomical images.
The input data files are in FITS file format, and are analyzed to
compute the locations of sources, with the ability to distinguish
between galaxies and stars using a neural-network technique.
Description-md5: 5f1bb3db51fb9466350c4b7bfa188e0a
Homepage: http://www.astromatic.net/software/sextractor
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome